Remembering Leeds - On the buses during the 1950s

Does this photo bring back memories of life on the buses in Leeds back in the day?
PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.netPIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

For those with an eye for detail it is a Leyland Titan/Roe 206, double decker bus registration UUA 206.

It is pictured turning from Albion Street onto Boar Lane.

The destination of the bus was Leeds Bus Station via Stanningley Road and Armley Road in west Leeds.

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It had been diverted from City Square when tram tracks were being lifted. To the left of Albion Street, the shop fronts with canopies were various departments of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society.

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